Base a learning center on magic and the results will be magical. (Editor)

The wealth of brochures, booklets and lore available from historic sites can be used to create exciting learning stations. Centers filled with facts and artifacts of landmarks make local and area history come alive for students and individualize the social studies curriculum. (Author)

Want to stimulate more interest in reading and writing? Then choose a favorite story or poem as the starting point for a colorful and varied learning center. Base your selection on your students' grade level and interests and gear your activities to the range of ability levels in your class. (Author/RK)

Create a variety of activities related to the country you are studying--Japan, for example--and arrange them by such subjects as art, games, creative writing, maps, dress and greetings. These activities can be tied in with classroom learning centers or stations. Here students make passports, learn about traditional styles of dress in Japan, learn…

Most children have visited a city even if they don't live in one. Build on your students' city experience through a learning center. Here are some activities that will help city children visualize the geographic location of their neighborhoods within the city while they learn language and math skills and about social studies and art activities.…

Instructions are given for ten learning activities designed to help third graders with telling time and with understanding the concepts of seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, seasons, and years. (SJL)

Many teachers have discovered the value of using newspapers in their classrooms. Suggests a number of specific, fun activities using this motivating and inexpensive resource. (Editor/RK)

This month's article presents three reading skills reinforcement centers that will strengthen your individualized reading program and make it more flexible. (Editor)

Skills for living are not a frill. Kids learn basis and have fun with survival stations. (Editor)

Plenty of subject choices make creative writing personal and successful. (Editor)

Directions are given for making and using spelling learning centers with an Olympics theme. Each learning station is presented as a sports event, for example, Spelling Slalom, Definitions Discus, and Word Recall Race. (SJL)

Described is a "joke center" where elementary school students not only learned about various kinds of humor and practiced language skills but had a terrific week of laughter as they shared favorite jokes and made up new ones. (Author/KC)

This article was designed to help teachers with ideas for classroom learning centers. Suggestions for making puppets were provided and students were given the opportunity to use their imagination and think creatively. (Editor/RK)

The author taught in an open-space classroom at Argyle Junior High in Montgomery County, Maryland. Here is a candid look at the inner workings of a room without walls. (Editor/RK)